Vocabulary

• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• know better: To be wise enough not to do something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• deal with
• a passion for: A strong enthusiasm or interest in something.
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• not limited to: Including something but also allowing other things; not restricted to.
• such as: For example; like
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• do without: To manage without having or doing something
• check out
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• binge: To eat or drink too much at one time
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• frequently: Often; regularly
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
• stressful: Worrying; causing tension
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• psychiatrist: Doctor who treats psychological disorders
• categorize: To distribute into classes or the same type
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• outstanding: Being better/distinct from others; specially good
• scold: To speak angrily and give negative criticism
• daydream: To wonder or imagine fantasies happening